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Posted: 26 Mar 2008 @ 00:00

Those who would divide the Communion lack an Anglican spirit, says Mark Oakley

THE Revd Rod Thomas wrote to this newspaper that “there are only really two sides to the current controversy over human sexuality . . . there is no room for middle ground” (Letters, 14 March). So far, media commentators have interpreted the division in the Anglican Communion in the same vein — as being between “conservatives” and “liberals”.

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